Comments on: Single Review: Lady Antebellum, “We Owned the Night”

By: Hoggy from Oz

Hoggy from Oz — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:49:48 +0000

@ carly. Well, maybe they’re not pop, but they certainly aren’t my definition of country. I stress that I did really like their first album. I just find their newer, less “organic” music to be too bland and thus it baffles me as to how they are having so much success on the radio.

By: Karly

Karly — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:55:17 +0000

The album leaked yesterday, and having listened to the whole thing, I can say it sounds like “Need You Now” (the album), part II.

It’s dull, bland, boring. The songs are lyrically and sonically similar, and all the songs lack catchy hooks or emotional depth.

It continues to baffle me as to why Lady A chooses to record such dull, depressing songs, when they are three young adults at the prime of their lives.

I wanted to believe this album would be slightly better than NYN, but sadly, it’s not.

Not only does the album continue the theme of dull songs and depressing melodies, but there isn’t one standout track, or anything to redeem the album as a whole, as the title track did for the last album.

It may be too early to call, but I’m going to call this one of the most boring albums of 2011-2012.

By: carly

carly — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:37:46 +0000

@Hoggy they do not insist on singing pop songs. None of their songs sound pop. And to the person who said that they overrated, well they are not.

By: Melody

Melody — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 06:43:34 +0000

Sorry, huge Lady A fan here and I love it. I listened to it like 20 times in two days when it first came out. Can’t wait for the cd on September 13th!

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:28:12 +0000

…tara likes it for its aesthetic values – i find, it also has anesthetic ones – so clearly, this song has got some merrits.

By: klark

klark — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:29:20 +0000

Lady Antebellum, you have been staying in the too safe side. Pleasantly bland. Yeah. Spot on

Dann is right, I don’t know if I will be able to remember this song once its chart run dies.

By: Adam James

Adam James — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:27:34 +0000

“I’d like to hear them dig up that blazing “Love Don’t Live Here” sound.”

I like Lady A, but I was REALLY disappointed when I got their first album after hearing how gritty and cool “Love Don’t Live Here” sounded then finding the rest of the record was slick (but overall still good) pop country stuff. I think they put out some of the best produced, performed and written music out there, but they aren’t the kind of band that will ever surprise you. It’s all kind of “paint-by-numbers” music.

By: Hoggy from Oz

Hoggy from Oz — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:48:47 +0000

Spot on review Dan.

I think that Lady Antebellum are overrated. I’m sorry to say it, because I thought that most of their first album (not the singles) was really good. If they insist on singing pop songs, they should at least make them sound interesting.

By: SamB

SamB — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:02:41 +0000

I listened to this the other day, and Jesus, it’s dull! They’ve gone really downhill since Need You Now, as they seem to have forgotten to write any hooks or bother to do anything interesting with their instrumentation.

It’s a shame, because the first album is good – the second one is mostly pretty average, other than the title track, and I shan’t be bothering with this one.

By: Dan Milliken

Dan Milliken — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:06:28 +0000

Bob,

I can see where what I wrote may sound unduly haughty. I meant it as largely tongue-in-cheek, though – other people are free to enjoy whatever music resonates with them, and if they happen to still enjoy Lady A in forty or fifty years, more power to them. I value the subjectivity of the music-listening experience, and think there’s much worse music out there than this band.

That said, I do think they make the type of ultra-polished, edge-free pop music that burns bright in the present but doesn’t usually stand the test of time (at least, not for anyone but the most devoted fans). I’d like to hear them dig up that blazing “Love Don’t Live Here” sound.